In German, the word evolved into Elend and Elsass whereas the word evolved from Old English elles into else. The -ass in German isn't a suffix but a part of the whole word.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aljaz
Ahurian (talk) 17:02, November 14, 2017 (UTC)Ahurian
On the same page, you will find that the OHG word that would lead to Elsass was, in fact, a compound, meaning it was aljaz, together with another word, that created the word Elsass. Elsass did not only derive from aljaz, but from aljaz + another word, creating a coumpound. By looking at the wiktionary page for "Alsace" rather than "Elsass", it gives that other PG word as sitjana. This is why the page for Elsass only lists aljaz as the origin of the "first element" and why Elsass is listed as a compound in the aljaz page, together with Ellend (Else + land), whose compound history is much more easily noticed
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alsace, hope you can see where I'm coming from
Brabeusa (talk) 17:50, November 14, 2017 (UTC)
Okay, I see. You're correct then.